People v. Ellenwood

HAYNES, C.

Defendant Ellenwood was tried upon an information charging him with making and passing a fictitious check with intent to defraud one James H. Doolittle, was found guilty as charged, and sentenced to imprisonment at San Quentin for fourteen years, and he appeals from said judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial.

Appellant contends that the information upon which he was tried is insufficient in law. Counsel treats it as containing two counts, the first for making a fictitious check upon the Bank of California for the sum of one hundred dollars, payable to the order of…